Carnival Jubilee made its way down the Ems River from the Meyer Werft in Papenburg (Germany) to the Dutch port of Eemshaven on Monday, arriving early Tuesday morning. All along the way, onlookers came out to see the giant ship maneuver down the shallow river.
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Carnival Paradise returned to service today (October 30, 2023) at Tampa after a 16-day stay in the Grand Bahama Shipyard's drydock. In addition to routine maintenance and refurbishment in the public rooms, Carnival says they “re-imagined” the Serenity Retreat for adults, updated the Piano Bar and expanded the ship's casino.
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| Carnival Paradise at Tampa with the new Carnival Hull Livery |
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| The updated Piano Bar |
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| The enlarged Casino |
This year, Frangelica, Carnival's Halloween mascot, a two-story black spider, isn't riding on the bow of Carnival's FunShip as it arrives in Sydney on Halloween weekend. Carnival took Frangelica to the Sydney Zoo for their Halloween Spooktacular.
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Carnival Freedom returned to service today with its new funnel (replacing the one that was damaged in a May 2022 fire) and its new livery.
The Navantia shipyard at Cadiz (Spain) is preparing to install a replacement funnel aboard Carnival Freedom to replace the one that was damaged in a May 2022 funnel fire.
Carnival Freedom arrived at the shipyard today to begin a 16-day dry dock. This is the first time Navantia has built a Carnival "whale tail" funnel, but then again, most shipyards have built even fewer.
Over the weekend, Carnival Jubilee was floated out of the covered building hall at Meyer Werft's Papenburg (Germany) yard. On Tuesday, July 25 (2023) the builder attached Carnival's iconic winged funnel to the top of the ship.
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Carnival has revealed the final zone aboard Carnival Celebration which will debut in November 2022. It's The Gateway, whose main elements will be two bars and a restaurant along with a couple of pretty interesting features.
The complete story appeared in the July 8 edition of Cruise News Daily.
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| In this view of The Gateway note the split-flap board above Latitudes and the virtual "windows" on the left and above. |
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| This view shows Emiril's Bistro 1397 from above and looking the opposite direction from the previous rendering. |
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| This rendering shows the iconic split-flap board above the Latitudes bar. |
Carnival Cruise Line is bringing the fun back to Sydney early. They don't return to Australia until October, but through mid-June, visitors to the Sydney Zoo's GLOW Light Festival can play miniature golf Carnival-style around a friendly frog, a happy hippo, a chirpy crocodile - and of course, a glowing Carnival funnel.
The complete story appeared in the May 20 edition of Cruise News Daily.
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The float out process for Carnival's second LNG-powered Excel-class ship began at Meyer Turku on Friday. The celebration and ceremony was actually for opening the valves and allowing water to flow into the massive dry dock at the frigid Turku, Finland yard.
Carnival Celebration is looking like a Carnival ship tonight at the Meyer Turku shipyard.
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Carnival's new Mardi Gras made its first-ever call at San Juan today which was significant for the ship, but it was even more significant for the port because it was the first cruise ship to call at San Juan in 16 months.
This called for Governor Pedro Pierluisi, Mayor Miguel Romero and other local government officials to join Carnival brass for the event at the port.
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| With Mardi Gras serving as a dramatic backdrop, Carnival and Puerto Rico officials pose for a photo – from left Mardi Gras Hotel Director Pierre Camilleri, Captain Giuseppe Giusa, San Juan Port Authority Executive Director Joel Piza, Carnival Cruise Line President, Christine Duffy, Puerto Rico Governor Pedro Pierluisi and San Juan Mayor Miguel Romero. Have you ever seen people having more fun? |
It's finally time for Carnival's new 181,808-ton Mardi Gras to set sail from Port Canaveral on Saturday, and today they had a “Sip & Sea” party aboard her to let visitors look around for the first time. Visitors were excited to see the new BOLT rollercoaster and the new specialty restaurants.
You can make believe you were there by watching the b-roll below from the event.
The complete story appeared in the July 30 edition of Cruise News Daily.
Carnival Miracle returned to service today (July 27, 2021) sailing weekly from Seattle to Alaska, marking the line's fourth ship to return to service.
The entire crew posed for this photo as the ship was on its way to Seattle.
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Carnival ships will be getting a new livery to celebrate the line's 50th birthday next year.
Carnival Magic will be the first to have the new livery on May 24. A rendering is shown below.
The complete story appeared in the May 5 edition of Cruise News Daily.
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If you're always on the lookout for a new place to have pizza. There will be a new one, but not quite yet. When Carnival's new Mardi Gras boards its first passenger on May 29, one of Carnival's favorites will be aboard, Pizzeria del Capitano, the home to Carnival's famous pizza.
Pizzeria del Capitano will be in La Piazza, one of six themed-zones on Mardi Gras.
The complete story appeared in the February 9 edition of Cruise News Daily.
Carnival Cruise Line expanded today - at least a little on land. Cruise Line executives along with executives from Port Miami broke ground today for Carnival's new Terminal F at the port. A line of properly-masked, hard-hatted officials with their ceremonial spades turned over a shovelful of dirt and construction was underway.
The complete story appeared in the January 29 edition of Cruise News Daily.
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It's Australia Day. Even though there are no cruises, the ships are nearby awaiting their time to return. Here you can see what the crews of P&O's Pacific Explorer and Carnival Spirt did to mark the occasion.
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Carnival's new Mardi Gras made its first port call today as it makes its way from the shipyard in Finland to its new home port of Port Canaveral. It is calling at Rotterdam today and tomorrow for fueling. Mardi Gras is powered by Liquified Natural Gas, which not only has limited availability, but requires a specialized fueling process.
The complete story appeared in the December 22, 2020, edition of Cruise News Daily.
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Today Carnival Cruise Line took delivery of Mardi Gras, named after their first ship, at the Meyer Turku shipyard in Finland. The 180,000-ton ship is almost seven times the size of the original Mardi Gras acquired in 1972.
The complete story appeared in the December 18, 2020 edition of Cruise News Daily.
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